John Jordan Crittenden III

John Jordan Crittenden III (5 June 1854-25 June 1876) was a US Army lieutenant who took part in George Armstrong Custer's last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876, during which he was killed.

Biography
John Jordan Crittenden III was born in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky in 1854, the son of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and his stepsister; he was the grandson and namesake of US Senator John J. Crittenden. He dropped out of West Point in 1875, and he convinced President Ulysses S. Grant to commission him a US Army second lieutenant. He was assigned to Company L of the 7th Cavalry under James Calhoun, and, shortly after his 22nd birthday, he was killed at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.